What if I told you that GEESE once saved an entire city from destruction?

The Supplicia Canum: Rome's Wildest Dog Day Parade!

When Ancient Romans Carried Golden Geese Through the Streets

Ancient Romans threw a parade for geese who saved Rome by honking when dogs slept!

Picture this: It's a hot August day in ancient Rome, and something REALLY weird is happening! People are marching through the streets carrying geese on fancy purple cushions while dogs... well, let's just say the dogs aren't having the best day.

This was the Supplicia Canum, a festival held every year on August 3rd, and it had the craziest backstory EVER!

Hundreds of years before, around 390 BCE, an army of warriors called the Gauls snuck up on Rome in the middle of the night. They were about to attack the sacred hill called the Capitoline, where Rome's most important temples stood.

The guard dogs? Fast asleep! Not a single bark!

💡 The sacred geese at Juno's temple were fed so well with public money that they became some of the best-fed birds in all of ancient Rome!